Dir: Peter Weir, 1993 (9*) This is my favorite film of Australian director Peter Weir, who always makes intelligent, thought-provoking films (Witness, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Truman Show), and this is no exeption. After walking away from a passenger jet crash unharmed, Jeff Bridges becomes fearless of death. Thus psychologically transformed, his wife Isabella Rossellini no longer interests him as much as fellow crash survivor Rosie Perez (her best acting, Oscar nomination for supporting), who blames herself for losing her baby in the crash. A strong parable of survival and immortality.
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